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The next generation London taxi will be exported around the world from the new plant once production gets under way and the site will be able to turn out more than 20,000 vehicles each year.

It will be based on a new EV lightweight platform but will still stick to a tried and tested design blueprint, meaning it will be instantly recognisable as a London taxi.

It will also retain characteristics such as being wheelchair accessible and having a high level of manoeuvrability, but will also offer new features such as a spacious cabin area with the ability to transport six passengers.

The all-new electric taxi will hit the streets of London in the final quarter of 2017.

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Arnie is one of a host of celebrities who have been fans of the famous London black cab:

Kate Moss

Kate Moss

Supermodel Kate Moss has been spotted driving her black cab, which cost her pals £35,000 as a 34th birthday gift.

Noel Edmonds

Noel Edmonds

The Deal or No Deal presenter has been snapped behind the wheel of his own personal black cab numerous times.

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

As well as driving around America in a black cab, Stephen Fry took to taking his privately-owned taxi around Britain with him to avoid parking tickets. “I sometimes park it on taxi stands all day and no one notices,” he said.

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick took to driving around in a black cab in his latter years, proudly displaying his taxi at his Hertfordshire home for all to see.

Sid James

Sid James

Sid James starred in Carry On Cabby, so it was no surprise he was a self-proclaimed taxi enthusiast.

Bez

Bez

Happy Mondays’ dancing mascot Bez used the money from his Big Brother appearance to buy a black cab to “pimp” up, according to reports.

Sir Laurence Olivier also took to driving in a black London taxi, too.

Sir Laurence Olivier

Perhaps the nation’s greatest ever actor, Sir Laurence Olivier took to driving in a black London taxi.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Coventry to attend the Home Front commemoration service which was held in the Cathedral ruins. March 3 2000

Prince Philip

The Duke of Edinburgh famously bought his own private black cab a few years ago.

Yvette Fielding

Yvette Fielding

Yvette Fielding - presenter of Most Haunted - also has her own black cab for personal use.